Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-20

great railroads on the Pacific Coast
begin, ing with t. Q Cal fornia Cel :
tral in 1853, and sketchlng the sever,
transcon,inental lines in Oregon al q
California. Then he gave q brief eI',
tome of the slow progress OF railroads
in Oregon. and spoksyof the pleasures
and benefits to be derived from the
npletion of the Oregon and Cali
fornia road. He concluded: could
some one, gifted with the vision Of
Moses from another Mount Pisgah.
owe look these two States, he would
ses land Whose riches and beauty
teggar the fanciful descriptions of ro-
m ne and poetry, q Ian | whore
III. IN aims teem with gold an silver
whose bosom is variegated with orange
groves and vineyards, wheat fielis
and meadows, focks and herbs, and
the grandeur OF whose scenery is the
wonder and
ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD.
Heaven has fixed the elements OF
our future greatness, the softne-s
our C innate, the silver Of our mines,
the fertility of our soil and the arcessi
i'iIty of our ports, into which the
winds Of the Pacific are b 'und to wait
tine wealth Of the Ormus and Indies.
representative men OF California are
here to-day to inaugurate this new
order of things. They have
to celebrate a great commercial even'
and visit their new 'elauons. We are
here to meet them to show our appre-
citation of their kindly presence, to ex-
tend to them our hospitalities, and it
has been maize my duty on the be-
half of our people to do this, in the
performs nee OF which l take great
pleasure to give each one and all Of
these distinguished gentlemen cordial
and hearty welcome to the city Of
Portland"
CROCKER RETURNS THANKS.
Croker was then introduced and
war handsomely received by the great
audience. He created great enthusi-
a-m by the exhibition Of the gold
spike which symbolized the compile
tion of the new road. He reiterated
his foruier expressions as to tn
warmth of ths reception accorded by
the cities of Oregon.
General N. B. Chapman, OF Red
Bluff. followed in short address up-
on the new relations of Oregon and
California, resulting from the new
rail connection. n
District Attorney Bruener, Of Sacra-
mento, spoke briefly of the pioneers
of the coast and the work they had &C
complished, and through whose ef-
forts the presen great project had
been ma 10 possible. 81
r. COL. IRISH CRATES.
Irish Of San Francisco intended in
4 short speech that rapid transit had
afforded q roper opportunity for the
rapid development of the Pacific
Coast. He spoke Of the arabic area
Of California and suggested that when
California ono. had a population of
5000, 900 people which would be al
aceom llished fact within few yearr,
that the State would call uI'on Oregon
for all she could spare Of her wheat
and other pro iucts OF her 'soil. H.
paid high tribute IN Henry Villari,
the mention Of whose name walked
hearty cheering.
ROGERS OPINIONS.
John P. Rogers, Of San Francisco
spoke upon thu topic of higher edu'a-
tion on the Pacific coast. He sug-
yested that apart from the material de-
velopment Of the Pacific Coast, the en-.
enlargement of educational advance
ment was Of paramount importance.
He spoke Of the university to he es-
tablished at Palo Alto. by Leland
Stanford as the most important of the
ente, prises affecting the. future +
California that is possible to contem-
plate. ara
Mr.. Frank ". Pixley was called for,
but only appeared to excuse himse T.,
having lost his voice by repeated
speaking.
The meeting then closed.
Tomorrow the. visitors will take q
run up the Columbia to rhe Dallas on
the steamer Multnomah, and will
start for the south on Wednesday.
i :